CBS has been awfully quiet. I think this guy who posted on Instapundit may be onto something:

"ANOTHER UPDATE: Reader John Steele emails from Palo Alto:

CBS is full of smart people. It makes no sense to say they're stalling because they believe these things are genuine. They know what we all know. They are stalling to get their ducks in a row:

They are speaking to lawyers to see if a crime has been committed.

They are speaking to lawyers to see if they can/must/may disclose the source.

They are speaking to lawyers to see if they must make disclosure in their SEC filings.

They are speaking internally to see who will resign.

They are speaking internally to see how they will word their retraction.

All that takes time. That is why CBS hasn't updated anything on this for too long. That is why their intitial counter-attacks (e.g., the first version of Times New Roman was invented in 1931), which are obviously inadequate, aren't being buttressed by anything new.

As a news organization and as a publicly traded company, they can't issue half-truths once they suspect what really happened. They are getting ready to make all their announcements at once.

Within 48 hours, CBS will come clean with a noise rivaling the disappearance of Krakatoa."

I'd like to agree with Jeff but I still get the sense CBS is going to try and ride this one out by stonewalling and letting newer events take over the attention of the public (more violence in Iraq, the Kitty Kelley book, football/baseball, etc). Rather looks foolish as no one credible says the documents are real but is it enough to get him gone?

New Motto for WaPost:
The Washington Post: Not biased enough to jump off a bridge with all our friends.

Speaking as someone who has examined documents experts in court, Matley has it exactly reversed. You can't draw definitive conclusions about handwriting when the known exemplar and questioned document are photocopies. You can conclude (based on typeface, etc.) that photocopies are forged.

Fred:

One of the other blogs dug up an article several years ago by Matley that says almost exactly what you're saying.

AWW:

If CBS were a stand-alone corporation I'd tend to agree, but they aren't. I have a hard time believing that Sumner Redstone is going to sacrifice his reputation and Viacom's share price to save Dan's sorry a**.

Jeff:

It was passing curious why CBS would go to a San Francisco handwriting 'expert' when New York and Washington are full of them (many highly trained, retired FBI and Postal Inspector experts). Know I know.

Very interesting to see that Laura Bush gave the first 'official' comment on the documents. Dan is looking like Wile E. Coyote, after running 30 feet off the cliff, and just realizing that there is no ground left. The puff of smoke at the bottom will be exquisite.

BTW, has anyone asked old Walter his opinion of the situation?

If this were a court case, no one would get a chance to cross-examine Matley. All he can testify to is that the signature on one memo appears to be a degenerate copy of LTC Killian's signature. He can't say that Killian actually signed that memo and he can't say anything about the other three documents. Frankly, in a lawsuit I don't think that a competent lawyer would even offer his testimony.

Y'know, Orrin, I never knew anything about the peppered moth, but I finally looked it up, because you are so obsessed with it.

It turns out you have misrepresented the history of the study and report of Biston betularia.

I'll go into it, if you like, but you'd be better off finding another example to pound.

Harry:

No, go into it--it's always amusing to hear Darwinists try to dig themselves out of the holes they fall into.